/Institutions/Lamar-State-College---Port-Arthus/json/2024-2025/Academic-Catalog-local.json

/Institutions/Lamar-State-College---Port-Arthus/json/2024-2025/Academic-Catalog.json

Payment

Payment in full is due at the time of registration and can be made in person at the Business Office or online.

Payment can be made by check, electronic check, money order, currency or credit/debit card (MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express). Checks and money orders, not in excess of total balance, should be made payable to Lamar State College Port Arthur.

Lamar State College Port Arthur reserves the right to update tuition and/or fees in keeping with acts of the Texas Legislature and The Texas State University System Board of Regents.

Guest Payments

Individuals other than students are able to make payments on a student’s account. An online portal is available for guests to make payments on the student's behalf.

Guests may access the E-Bill System to view bills and/or make payments. Start by navigating to your MyLamarPA account login at http://My.LamarPA.edu/

1. Enter your username & password.
2. Select the “My Services” tab.
3. Select “Student” link.
4. Click “Student Payment Center” link. The link will transition you to the LSCPA Payment Services Center. The Payment Services Center includes Payments, E-Bills, Installment Plans, and Payment Profiles.
5. Click “Authorized User”.

Payment Amounts

Payment in full of the account balance is due at the time of registration.   

Students who pay more than 50% of their account balance, but less than 100% for a semester, will be placed on the Installment Payment Plan.

Students who cannot pay at least 50% of their account balance can apply for a Short Term Loan, to avoid being dropped from classes.

Installment Payment Plan

By law (House Bill 1147), students can pay certain fees in installments during the Fall and Spring semesters only.

Options and applicable service charges are:

Initial down payment is due at registration: 50%

First installment is due six weeks from first class day: 25%

Second installment is due eleven weeks from first class day: 25%

Service Charge: $20

Penalty for each delinquent payment: $15

Students have the option to pay in installments for a 12-week Summer Semester. Payment options are:

Initial down payment is due at registration: 50%

First installment is due five weeks from first class day: 25%

Second installment is due nine weeks from first class day: 25%

Service Charge: $20

Penalty for each delinquent payment: $15

 

For more information, call the Finance Office at 409-984-6526.

Debt

Lamar State College Port Arthur is not responsible for debt contracted by individual students or student organizations and will not act as a collection agency for organizations, firms or individuals to whom students may owe bills.

Students and student organizations are expected to honor contractual obligations promptly, but in case of flagrant disregard of such obligations, the Business Office or the designated representative will take appropriate action. After the 12th week in the long semester and the fourth week in the summer term, failure to pay all fees by the specified date will result in suspension at the end of the current semester and may include (a) denial of readmission, b) withholding of grades and transcripts, and c) withholding of degree.

Delinquent Accounts

Delinquent accounts to the Lamar State College Port Arthur will be sent to a collection agency and reported to credit bureaus. All costs of collections are paid by the student, which at this time, is  an additional 33.333% of the student’s obligations to the Lamar State College Port Arthur. 

Delinquent accounts must be paid to the collection agency. Payment cannot be accepted by the Lamar State College Port Arthur, after the account has been forwarded to a collection agency.